tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4498116809690173528..comments2024-03-28T12:13:06.135-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Saturday Snippet: Self-esteem (yeah, right!)Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39092741251322462822020-09-26T22:49:19.146-05:002020-09-26T22:49:19.146-05:00I like Fred.
Oprah? I remember her, said Uncle Ha...I like Fred.<br /><br /><i>Oprah? I remember her, said Uncle Hant reflectively. "Looks like five hundred pounds of bear liver in a plastic bag?"</i><br /><br />One Christmas I bought my brother Big Mike two of Fred's books. They arrived, and upon examination I noted that the wrapping paper had been carefully cut with a razor so as to reveal the contents without completely the wrapper.<br /><br />A US Postal worker looking for a Christmas bonus, or some kind of US super-spook group searching for contraband? <br />Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40783319550522765182020-09-26T16:25:35.713-05:002020-09-26T16:25:35.713-05:00This was a fun read! Thanks Peter. Things like thi...This was a fun read! Thanks Peter. Things like this lift the load a bit, don't they?Etaoin Shrdluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386949014453535392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15663876035793332902020-09-26T14:39:27.475-05:002020-09-26T14:39:27.475-05:00Fred, is and always has been a piece of work! And ...Fred, is and always has been a piece of work! And yes, his Washington Times column was a must read!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18916294002997883912020-09-26T12:19:22.466-05:002020-09-26T12:19:22.466-05:00Some genius saw successful people had healthy atti...Some genius saw successful people had healthy attitudes about themselves,, <br />They Esteemed themselves Worthy,, AFTER they had accomplished a few things..<br /><br />Along comes genius,, and connects the dots,,<br />Successful, happy people have healthy self esteem!<br />Well,, Now,, Lets INstill Self Esteem in the children! Then They will grow up and BE successful!<br />No, You Idiot, theyll be insufferable, unteachable, conceited dolts who never know the pain of remorse...<br />Low self esteem can be very good as a motivator. Or, society could just bend over backwards and tell you youre okay, even when youre not..<br /> Justin_O_Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861281459306259415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73367249494576733122020-09-26T12:13:09.643-05:002020-09-26T12:13:09.643-05:00A quart low???? My doc x-rayed my head and tole m...A quart low???? My doc x-rayed my head and tole me I was a quart low up there. Well , it was "off the top". I am a mite lite-headed.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28193868256658815812020-09-26T10:29:59.471-05:002020-09-26T10:29:59.471-05:00Hey Mr. Grant (sounds kinda like 'hey mister W...Hey Mr. Grant (sounds kinda like 'hey mister WIL-SOOOOOOOON', doesn't it?):<br /><br />Might be time to update the spam filters again, judging from 'Lynne Wilson's' post. Ick.<br /><br />On topic, though: self esteem can't be given or granted or even gifted. It's something you have to develop for yourself. Too many kids think it's something to be handed out when it's something you have to -cultivate-.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06212847992939949480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20944141933277996032020-09-26T10:21:05.190-05:002020-09-26T10:21:05.190-05:00Hey Peter;
Fred was on to something with the ...Hey Peter;<br /><br /> Fred was on to something with the "Self Esteem" thing, this explains the present "disruptions" going on right now, you have several generation of kids that haven't been told how to handle rejection and that "Life occasionally Sucks" and that you have to "Embrace The Suck" to be well adjusted. This is where all the snowflakes have come from. MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5847926787692084112020-09-26T10:13:56.537-05:002020-09-26T10:13:56.537-05:00I did not swear an oath to the government but I di...I did not swear an oath to the government but I did swear one to the Constitution of the United States. So there it is. I and those like me tend take this rather seriously.Chip Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660750410710654043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32202056677521834712020-09-26T08:35:07.324-05:002020-09-26T08:35:07.324-05:00@C. S. P. Schofield: That article about Soldier o...@C. S. P. Schofield: That article about Soldier of Fortune is in the "Nekkid in Austin" collection as well.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32972641118110699312020-09-26T08:13:26.930-05:002020-09-26T08:13:26.930-05:00I lived in the DC area during the first few years ...I lived in the DC area during the first few years of the Washington Times, and one of several reasons to read that paper was Fred's Column. It was in once of them that he enumerated the classic "Stupid comes in three grades; Dumb, REAL Dumb, and Invading Russia".<br /><br />I have several of his books. His account of working for and analysis of SOLDIER OF FORTUNE magazine is hysterically funny and rings very true. In my happily misspent youth I worked for a Comic Book Store back when such stores mostly made the rend by selling something else. In our case it was HUSTLER and SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, and the buyers of the latter were a collection of pathetnoids that made the purchasers of the former look like pillars of the community.C. S. P. Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307088118631856756noreply@blogger.com